Thursday, May 22, 2008

For a very special treat many thanks to Steve aka duckdogtwo whocompiled this wonderful collection of rare and early Go-Betweens.This is what Steve says about these recordings.

I was going to tart these up and compile them but theysounded pretty good anyway.These are from my tapes done four or five years ago,my first transfers.A couple of these tracks are on the remasteredSend Me A Lullaby,but I'm not sure which ones.The second 3PBS interview cuts off abruptly,not sure if there was more.The Distant Violins scan is mine, the rest I found on the net.Couldn't find a decent one of Fast Forward.

I've been listening to this today and its fantastic.Theres songs I haven't heard before,some great live and demos of well known songs andthe interviews are amazing. Especially the 1/2 hour 4zzz one,its amazing to hear these guys talk in depth when they areright at the start of it all, like 19 years old.Theres quite a lot of talk about Peter Milton Walsh's briefmembership in the band, why He joined and why He left,record deals, other Brisbane bands round that timeand songwriting, it really is fantastic.You'll just have to download it and have a listen.And don't forget to thank Steve in the comments.

All 1981 releases the same time that "Very Quick On The Eye = Brisbane 1981"Demos later released as a bootlegwere recorded.By the end of 1981, 3 official singles were released, their 1st Lpcomes out early 1882.So this is all we have, apart from rare live recordings like the 4zzz live to air and a couple of later officially released songs, from the first 3 years of the band.Unless someone has something elseI know nothing about.Has anyone got the pink and blue recording from the other side of the five songs cassette, or the other side of the out of nowhere cassette, theres a reader who is keen to hear these againciao bob

I forgot this Cd,78 'Til 79: The Lost Album - Go-BetweensYou can still find it herehttp://madparade.blogspot.com/2007/12/go-betweens-lost-album-78-til-79.htmlIt features nine previously unreleased demo-quality tracks made in Forster's bedroom. ciao bob

That Striped Sunlight Sound.

Coming to you from Brisbanethe home of the striped sunlightsound, this is a my little placein cyberspace to share themusic of Australiawhich may have passed you by.Mostly rare and out of printalbums from artists that nevermade it into the mainstreamand my recollections concerningthem. If you like somethingplease leave a message in thecomments, if you don't,maybe you'd rather not seeyour music here, or maybe myrecollections are wrong,please leave a message too.If you find any links no longer workplease let me know and I'll fix itI'm on myspace you can find me at myspace.com/stripedsunlightsoundand if you preferfacebook.com/people/Bob